K-type star · orange

HR 4255

493 lybrightness mag 5.65K0III + (G)

Also catalogued as HD 94481 · HIP 53316

5,186 K

temperature

5.65

apparent magnitude

109× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III + (G)

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

493 years

at light speed from Earth

0.90×

as hot as the Sun

109×

the Sun's light output

-0.25

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4255K-type

Sky regionCraterthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4297 →29 ly apart
HR 4289 →30 ly apart
HR 4308 →52 ly apart
Psi Crt →57 ly apart
HR 4123 →58 ly apart
HR 4240 →94 ly apart

Bright stars in Crater

12Del Crt →mag 3.6
15Gam Crt →mag 4.1
Alkes →mag 4.1
11Bet Crt →mag 4.5
21The Crt →mag 4.7
27Zet Crt →mag 4.7
14Eps Crt →mag 4.8
13Lam Crt →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Crater

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.